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CHAPTER 111.
A P< LITE NOTE.
IT'iw Harrington explained to liis
friends ttic extraordinary misrepresenta
tion which lie bad mode regarding the
previous night's proceedings I never
heard; hut they*tiow clearly saw that he
was in a very unpleasant position t orn
which it was necessary forthwith to
withdraw him with as little discredit to
himself as possible. Having maintained
in the billiard-room that I was the ag
grieved party—which no one now be
lieved—he could not call me out with
out. practically acknowledging himself
guilty of a falsehood and of having re
ceived a thrashing without taking the
least notice of it. And vet it was almo
lutely necessary that a meeting should
take place if the matter was to he set
tied without the intervention of a court
of inquiry, which might probably, have
resulted in the assembling of a court of
a more formidable character.
It ia true that dueling was then, as it
is now, punished according to the Arti
cles of War, with cashiering from the
service. But there are insults which,
notwithstanding the said articles, can
only he expatiated or obliterated by
“passing through the fire and the otic
which Harrington had calmly submitted
to without demanding satlataction, for
eighteen hours and which lie attempted
to conceal by a falsehood, was one ol
them. The rule in cases used to be
“fight or sellsometimes “light and ex
change” or even “light and sell;” hut
fight under any circumstances, if you
wish to show your face in honorable so
ciety again, and trust to the chapter of
accidents to keep the fighting dark.
Charley Rice acted as liairington’s
mentor on this occasion, as a matter ot
■course, though he characteristically kept
.himself in the background and induced
Todd to ao the work for which he might j
ibave been tried by a Court martial.— I
■Charley seldom forgot number one. The
.result of their deliberation was soon ap
■parent. The scene in the billiard room j
occurred about bail past two o'clock ; at ;
five o’clock the same afternoon Todd
called upon me at my bungalow, where j
I happened at the moment to tie alone. !
"I have been requested by Captisin '
Harrington to deliver to you this note;
said Todd, in a very formal and stately
style, handing to me at the eainfi time j
an excessively mean and squallid looking
document.
1 took the dirty looking piece of paper
from him with the tips of my forefinger
and thumb, and opened it as if it contain
ed something offensive or had been in
fected with l lie plague. It was Spartan
like in its iacuuicism, and was as fol
lows:
“Sir—You are a <l—d blackguard.
Yours &c., J 11a: rington, Capt.”
“To Lieut. Richards/*
“Very good sir,” I replied, dropping
the pittilul production on the floor; “the
note of which you have done me tine
honor to be the bearer shall receive my
immediate attention.”
I was quite as precise as Todd himself
and politely bowing him out of the room
I laughed heartily at the ludicrous bit of
acting we had both of ns gone through
But, by Jove, it was no laughing bus
iness. I saw at a glance that I should
have to call out this ; well, I needn’t
make use of emphatic expletives. Facts
speak for themselves. I shall have to
give the voracious and gallant captain
an opportunity of rehabilitating his char
acter at my expense by having a shot at
me. It was a very pretty quarrel alto
gether; brought about, too by a fortuit
ous set of circumstances, by which a man
even against his will ia hurried along to
a crisis iB his life. It was the merest
chance that I encountered Harrington
last uight Five minutes earlier or later
one game of billiards more or less, an
other hand of whist, or tbe taking of an
other road home would Uavo eusured my
| missing him. And under the circum-
I stances, could 1 have acted in any other
way ?
j I soon found O’Donnell, to whom 1
handed Harrington’s polite note, observ
| ing at the same time that “there was on
ly one thing to be done.”
| “By Jupiter !” exclaimed Don, “if this
is not tine ! Os coursd, lie says nothing
ol a coward or a liar ! Now 1 to 1 yon
wlmt it is my dear boy,” he went on
I seriously, "you needn’t lake him out at
all on this account This is altogether*
new business. Why does Iw send you
this? Because you thrashed him and
he took uo notice of it. 1 can call oq
him and demand a written retraction and
an apology. If he refuse to give it, I
may tell him that this note shall in com
pliance with the articles of war be put
into the colonel’s bands. What then ?
Why he will be asked what induced him
to send it to Lieutenant Richards? What
could he say ? That he was horsewhip
pod and that he submitted to it with a
lie 'ii his month!”
Very true, my good friend and nrgu
|ed like a logician,” I said ; “but let us
1 give the fellow a chance It will be
; quire us well to keep this affair, if p*ssi
! ble from Longmnre’s ears. I know what
| L is opinion would be : “They ought Ur
have settled it themselves.”
“No doubt of that rejoined Dim; “a*d
it will redound to your honor ami be ia
striking contrast to Harrington’s con
duct as if you act forthwith in the inan
i etr 1 understand you to propose. 1
will if yon like call on Harrington at
once ”
Os course I immediately assented. 0-
Donnell was referred to Todd between
whom an interview was arranged for the
next niorningvK five o’clock behind the
butts where the regimental target prac
tice— though usually of another kind—
always took place. At mess that night
Harrington was not present; and 1 «-
member well that many follows who did
not usually honor me with their attention
asked me take wine with tbem and a
mong the number Todd himself—a deli
cate act of politeness on Ins part, which
I thoroughly appreciated.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MEETING.
There was no parade for officers the
-next mcning, a fact which in one sense
rather favored the object which we bad
in view, while in another it had quite a
contrary effect. It was necessary to
pass the barracks to get to the butts,
and as there was no road in that direc
tion for what purpose would it be thought
that four officers belonging to the regi
ment were going into or coming from
the jungle, at such an hour in the inoru
ing.
Charley Rice lived closo to the bar* !
racks, and at Ids house Harrington, and
Todd were to meet at half past four o’-j
clock ; while O'Donnell and I drove a '
bout the same time to Harry Bluff's still j
closer to the scene of action. Good lion
est plain downright old Harry ! I thank j
tla.-e lor thy greeting then, and thy excel
lent c*p of Mocha !
At ten minutes to the hour Don and I
drove off to the rendezvous with a sus
picious looking oak box clasped with j
brass between our feet. As we passed ;
the range of barracks to our left the
men were turning out in their shirt I
sleeves like bees from their hive to sniff 1
a breath of fresti air after the close stuffy
atmosphere in which many had doubtlcs
vainly attempted to sleep during the
night. Os course we did not pass by
unobserved.
We »r lived on the ground first.. It |
was a wide expanse of sand, with low
brushwood and tufts of rank grass grow
| ing here and there—a scene of desola
| ti<ui separated from the barracks and
hospital by a belt of trees and in t e ceu |
| ter of which rose the huge, deep, mi- j
sightly butts, built of sundried bricks, a-;
' gainst which the targets were placed;
> while in a corner not far off was a wall-!
ed enclosure-the soldiers’ burial ground.;
It was five minutes after the hour
! when the other party drove up. The two 1
seconds proceeded at once to business.
Tiie position was quickly decided upon
the distance—nominally twelve, but a-'
bout eighteen yards—measured; and the
points marked where each of us was to;
stand. Meanwhile Harrington awl 1 j
i were some distance off' beyond either eX
tremity of the points pacing to and fro;
waiting for these formalities to be over, j
The seconds having loaded Ihe pistols,
we were immediately conducted to our
I places, Harrington looking South to fire
: westward, I looking north to fire e^et- 1
; ward. j
| “The signal to fire,” said O’Donnell in
a low clear voice, “will be the falling of
\ our handkerchiefs which will take place
j simultaneously as soon as you can count
i three after I have given the word
“Ready !”
| “Ready !” exclaimed Don.
| One, two, thres ! The handkerchief
j fell from O'Donnell’s hand, and I fired in
;to the air, with my head as I did so
slightly inclined to the right to have a
j view of Harrington. At the same rao
! merit he discharged bis pistol aiming
steadily deliberately and as I imagined
■ revengefully at me. What billet that
bullet found it was impossible tc tell.—
He had missed me ; and altogether for
getting himself he swore stamped his
feet aud threw his weapon with a curse,
■ violently into the sand.
| “I demand another shot !be cried out
HERE SHAH. THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY SAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., NOVEMBER 0, 1808,
loudly in his rage.
“Certainly; with pleasure,” I remark
ed to Don, when he approached me; let
him have another shot by all means.”
“Well done my boy.” said Don, taking
me by the hand ; “youjhave behaved ad
mir*bly ; but you omst not allow your
antagonist conduct to ruffle your tem
per.”
“No fear of it. lam quite calm, llis
conduct would be ridiculous if it wore
not too contemptible to laugh at.”
I maintained my ground while Har
rington was walking up and down
wildly. He was greatly excited. His
eyes flashed fire srurl his face pale as a
sheet quivering with emotion- Ho bad
evidently been primed for the meeting;
his nerves were well braced up on tho
principle that “drinking largely sobers
as again.” He bad done his best to
"w#»g” me os I afterwards hoard he had
boasted that be would do ; and be was
clearly bent on accomplishing the same
charitable object. I therefore deterniin
in self defense, not to throw my fire
away again.
O’Donnell and Todd reloaded the pis
tols, and alter drawing for the weapons
as before, placed them in our hands.—
The same arrangements were again ob
served.
“Ready!” shouted Tood this time.
Aly pistol missed fi.ie, but Harring
ton's wcfjt off, and once more, it was not
his fault that it did no mischief. Cen
trary to the rule gottemlly observed, in
stead of glancing to the right and firing
on the instant he made a half turn to the
right and after a pause in that position
deliberately aimed at me. This wus par
ticularly observed by O'Donnell who
protested against it to Todd.
A disposition was now evinced by tho
opposite party to cry “Hold, enough !”
Harrington had enjoyed the satisfaction
of having done his best to “wing” twice
the last time under circumstances that
ought to have gratified even his inordi
nate revenge. On the other hand I bad
not yet shot at my antagonist. The
first time I fired in the air; and now my
pistol did riot go off. Under these cit
ciunstauces arid especially with reference
to Harrington’s vindictive demeanor I
must confess that 1 felt anything but
satisfied. I was I believe as collected as
; but I had now become indignant
aud felt strongly inclined to go in.
“Todd thinks, and i agreo with him,
that this matter may weli end now,”
said O’Donnell, coming up to me; “3*oll
have more than vindicated your honor,
and 3’ou will of course have no objection
to accede to the proposal.”
I pointed out the considerations to
which allusion has just been made, and ;
observed that I thought ii was my turn j
: now to demand another shot. O'Donnell!
j admitted that as I was Ihe challenger j
1 had every right to do so, but very
| propel ly represented that if 1 persisted;
in such a demand it might be said that I j
| did so from vindictive motives ; that I
should thus be placing myself on a level
with Harrington ; where as if the con
test terminated now, no one would be j
able to deny that 1 had acted under the
circumstances in an unselfish and gener
ous spirit.
‘My dear fiiend,” I replied, “I have
put myself into your hands, and I need
not say how much I thank you for the
discretion you have exorcised and the
kindness you have showu me throughout
the whole affair. Do us you think prop
er ; I will abide by your decisir n.”
And so the meeting terininatml Har
rington went off to his buggy in a sullen
morose temper, without the least recog
nition either of O'Donnell or myself but
Lis second like a courteous gentleman,
shook hands with and congratulated me
on the result of the interview, before he
pursued the path which his friend had
taken- We quickly followed keeping as
far away from their route as possible,
and giving the parade ground, where!
the men were being drilled by tbe adju- j
tant as wide an offing as wo could.—
There was not a man in the station
whom we had more reason to avoid when j
driving from the jungle that morning j
: th*n our sly Paul Pry adjutant, a man
! from the ranks, one of the worst sped- |
mens of his class, who climbed to favor j
by sneaking subserviency of conduct;
and who
J “ * * * like a puppy, dangled j
through the town,
[To fetch and carry sing song up and j
j down.”
; But we had no sooner passed Scylla ;
I than we were nigh being east upon Chary j
; bdis. Wc were passing through thejbclt j
iof tress which separated the barracks j
■ from the scene of our meeting when who j
' should appear but the old general in com i
| mand ;rf the division I He was always
; riding round the outskirts of the station-.
jeaiiy in the morning generally accornpa-j
! nierd by his wife and on this occasion
j they both crossed obi* road a couple of;
; hundred yards ahead of us. A minute j
or two or less on either side would
j have brought us face to face — a narrow j
i escape. I
i O'Donnell breakfasted with Colonel
Lougmmc that morning and told him in
confidence all that occurred. It is un
< necessary to repeat the opinions lie ex
; pressed on tho occasion. He had been
i mixed up in such affairs himself when a
I young man, and was theielore ready to
in«ke every allowance for what had ta
; ken place.
j “But mind !’ he said to Don, “don’t
I let me hear anything of this officially !”
Three days afterwards the unfortunate
i lady who wasjthe innocent cause of this
| little episode in iny life left the station to
| return to England. In less than a month
' Harrington arrived at the conclusion
j that it would conduce to Lis comfort ifhe
■ “sent in his papers,” and left the reg
iment. This he did forthwith on leave un
he could be gazeted out; a finale which
caused not the least surprise, though ma
tiy pitied him, and uo one, 1 veuturo to
say, muni than myaelf.
Although not so years
have passed away si nee these events
happened, with the exception of O’Don
neil, Todd Bluff, of whom 1 have altogoth
er lost sight, not a single person mention
ed iu this paper survives but the writer
of ft. Besides the wear and tear of ordi
nary life, with its accident*, sickucsscs
and epidemics, the Crimean war aud the
Indians mutiny c’aimed the lorger num
bar of them as their victims, llequi
escant in paee!
THE WIFE.
Ilero is the best tribute to • truo wo
; man wc ever read :
j Only let a woman be sure she is pre
| cions to her husband—not useful, not
valuable, and not, convenient sitn
ply butflovely and beloved; let her
be the” recipient of hi* polite and
hearty attentions, let her feel that her
cares and love are noticed, appreciated
uni returned ; let her opinion he asked,
her approval sought and her judgment
respected in matters with which eho is
oogn'zunt; i.i shorted her only bo loved,
honored cherished, iu fulfillment of the
marriage vow, and she will be to her
husband her children *nd society a well
spring of happiness. Sts; will hear pain
and toil and ttuxicty, for Iwr husband’s
love to her is a tower and fortress. Shiel
(led and sheltered therein adversity will
have lost its sting. She 11103* suffer, but
sympathy will dull the edg# of sorrow.
A holme with love in it—and by love
I mean love expressed in word and look*
and deeds, for i have not a spark of faith
in love that never crops out—is to a
house without love as a person to a mach
ine; one is life tho other is mechanism—-
the unloved woman'iuay have bread just
as light a house just as tidy as the other
but tho latter has a (spring of beauty
about her a joyousuess, a penetrating
brightness to wh eh thelformet is fcn en
tire stranger. Tho deep happiness of
her heart shines out iu her lace. She
gleams over. It is nfty and graceful,
and warm and welcoming with her pres
ence; she is full of devices and plots and
sweet surprises for iter husband and
family*. She has never dona with the
romance and poetry o( life. She herself
is a lyric poem setting herself to all pure
and gracious melodies. Humble house
hold ways aud duties h»v# lor her a gol
den significance. The prizo makes her
calling high ; and tho end sanctifies the
means. “Love is Heaven, Heaven it?
love.”
The Echo.- Little George had nevor
heard anything of the echo. Aud accord
ingly one day when he was out in the
mcodow, lie cried out,“Hurrah, hurraht”
Immediately in the nearest woods heard
a voice sound out, “Hurrah Hurrah!”
lie was very much astonished. At last
he shouted, “Where arc you?” Tho Voice
cried out,“Where are 3*011?” He answered
back, “You are a foolish boy.” "Foolish
boy," echoed back from tho woods.
Now little George became very angry,
and still harder he began to shunt nick
names into the wood ail of which were
echoed very faithfully back again. Then
he ran into tho wood, and sought all
through it for the supposed boy*, but be
could find nobody. George ran home,
and complained to his mother how a bad
boy bad concealed liimselfiu the wood,
and called him names. The mother an
swercd,“This time my deaf little hoy,
you have betrayed yourself, lor it is
yourself whom you accused as ‘had boy;’
y*ou have heard nothing but yot»r own
words, fur you have oftun before seen
y*our face iu the water, so new yen- have
heard yotw voice in the wood. Had you
spoken hi friendly words, then my little
George, friendly words would have ecb
oed back to yon again.” So it is always;
what wc suppose wrong in the coaduet
of othcrn, is mostly only the echo of our
own. II we treat every one kfndly, tlioy
will treat us kindly. Bel if w*e are rude
and uncivil, we are entitled to expect no
Letter in return.
No Danger. —A preacher, a worthy
man lately wound up a flaming sermon
with a magnificent effusion, by which
his hearers were led to understand that
they wore in no danger:
“My brethren, and stern, if a man’s
full of religion you can’t hurt him. There
were three African children they put
them in a fiery fit mice hettod seven
times hotter than it could be het, and it
didn't swinge a hair on their heads.—
And there was John rite Evangtler ; they
put him whar do you think they put hin»|
\Vii3* in a caldron of bileu lie and biled
him all night and it didn't faze biashell?
And tliar was Daniel ; they put him in
to a lions den—and what uiy fellow trav
elers and respect*! auditors do 3*on
think ho was put in a den for ? Why
for pray in threa times a day. Don’t he
alarmed my brethren and sistem ; for
I don’t think any of yon will ever gat
into the lions deu.”
Tho cheerful are tire busy. When
trouble knocks at your door or ring* the
| bell, he will generally retire if you send
; him word you are engaged.
DO THY LITTLE-—DO IT WHLL.
Do ttiy ItUl* 4o.it well:
Do what right anti rca**n tell;
Ity wh*! wrong arid norm* clain -
('*ni[nerein ami coyer shame.
Do’tliy Little though It bo
Dreariness am! drudgery;
They whom Christ mods
“(lotbsred/ragjnentit' when ha h*4o.
Do thy little incTenuitid
Though toy brethren be unhint;
Though the *»*n who ought #1 nulls
Muck uml taunt ikon lor awhile.
I>o thy lit |e novfr #rar?
White tin? ftuviovr
Let the world jin javeiim whr«« ;
On tby way uodftußted go.
Do thy lkUo. God tutu mt*J»
MiUlon Irovcg for
SnmlleHt rftmfj their glory bring—
God 4t»ployi‘U) everything.
Do thy liltte; arid whpn
F*ol*»el on fluf pallid brow,
Fro liasjtted the vital breath,
Culd tttul (temp luo svrvtti oi (teat!.
Th«n tbs HUte thou hast do*o,
l-ittte battles thou )**#< won,
Llttte mtitttrioß achieved,
Idttle wantx'with car* relieved,
Little words in lerve <i*|krvH«rd,
Littlo wrongs at oaco contemtsl,
Little favors kindly done,
Littlo toils thou dost not shall,
Little graces meekly worn.
Little slights with patfdnco front*-
Thooc shall Crown ihy pillow bco4.
Holy Hglil upon then shed;
TV-w* arc treasures that sfrail rtas
Far beyuud the smiling skies.
TflUTtt. —SuHif*, oho baa beautifully
eaid : ♦‘Truth in immortal ; the sward
cannot picron it, Are cafmot Conwwno it
|>ri»oi)ii cannot incarnate ft famine can-
not starvu it.”
Tbe brigands of. Southern luly are
teaching rich wen the worth oflifa. They
have now one prisoner who#* existence
they valuo at (34,000.
AiUJEnglkh dogberry has rant a wo
man to piison and hard labor for twenty
one days, for lakibg a sprig of Uraudcr
from hi* gulden.
Secret marriages arc »o common 1* a*
Ohio town that the yooVig Women can’t
get beaux 1 Every man t* afraid of
courting aom.e alher maa’a wife.
"I mean to abandoa iny habit# of life,”
said a dissipated geufclowa®. “Are you
sure, »ir, they are not abandoned enough
already ?” said his friend.
Drunkenness turns a man out of fim
self and leaves a.beant iu the room.
PKOCLAWSATrON.
By tire Governor.
Whereas, Notwithstanding the Exec
iitlvc proclamation of September I4tb,
1808, tnauy lawless nets bare occurred
in violation thereof, whereby the lives
and property of citizens have been do
atroyed, the right of free speech impair
ed, the performances of the duties of the
offices to which citizens have been elec
ted, denied, the lives of the citizens so
threatened as to cause them to abandon
their homes,and property; and
Whereas, “the protection of persons
and property is the paramount duty of
government, and skull be impartial and
complete;” and
Whereas, the sheriff of each sjounty
is, by law, charged with the preserva
tion of life, property and peace in each
jCounty;
Now, therefore, I, Rufus B Bullock,
Governor and Commander in-Chief of
the army and navy of the State of Geor
gia, ana of the militia thereof, do here
by issue this, my proclamation, charging
ami comrumuliug the said Sheriff's, aud
each and every other civil officer in eve
ry county in this State, to see to it that
the lives and property of all citizens,
and the gf tho community, arc
preserved, and that persons are pro
tected in the fre# exercise of their civil
and political right# and privileges.—
And further, to make known that for
failure in the performance of duty, the
said Sheriffs and other civi! officers will
be held to a strict accountability under
the law. And, to charge upon every
person, resident w> this State, that they
render prompt and willing obedience to
tin: said Sheriff’s and other civil officer,
under all circumstances whatsoever; and
that they demand from the arid offi
corn, protection, when threatened or die
turbed in their person or property, or
with denial of political or civil rights;
arid, that fading to receive such protec
lion, they report facts to lot* depart
ment.
The following extract from General
Orders No. 21, dated October 8, 1868,
from Headquarters Department of the
South, is published for tiro information
of civil officer# and the genera! public,
by whicll it will be seen that said civii
officers will, in the performances of their
■duties, be sustained by tho military pow
er of the United State#.
! Given under my hand, and the great
I sea! of the State, at the Capitol, in tho
Icity of Atlanta, this oth day of October,
; in the year of our Lord eighteen hun
dred and sixty eight, and of tire inde
pendence of the United States the nine
third.
RUFUS B. BUUOSK,
Governor.
By the Governor:
David G. Ucrrmo, Sec’y of State.
[53.00 pur Annum
NO. 39
llkidq’rs Depaktkicnt or thk Booth,
Atlanta, Ga., October 8, 18(18.— General
Order*, No. 2T-—Wh. Teas, By an act < f
the Congress of tlu> United States, ap
proved March 2d, 18(15, it is made the
duty of the military authority to pre
serve the peace at the polls at any elec
tion that may be held in any of the
States;
“And, Whereas, this duty has become
the mote imperative from the existing
political <'*citeiii«iit in the public mind,
!rom the|receiit organization of civil gov
ernment, and from tim fact that Congress
has by statute prohibited the organize*
tion of military force* iu the several
States of this Department; it is there
fore
'Order'd, That the
Cmiinanders will, as Huotj as practicable,
on tiie receipt of this ord'-r, distribute
the troops under their commands as fob
Iowa:
* * • •
In the District of Georgia;
"One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Albany.
“One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Columbus.
“One .company Sirtccnth Infantry, to
Mooon.
“One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Augusta.
“One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Washington, Wilkes county
"One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Americas.
"One company Sixteenth Infantry, to
Tlinrnasville.
"One company (C) Fifth Cavalry, to
Athens.
"The campany at Savannah to be re
inforced, should occasion require, by such
number of the men at Foil Pulaski *•
can be spared from the post.
* * * •
“Detachments, when necessary, may
be made to points in the vicinity of each
post; but iu no case, nor nn any pretext
whatever, will detachments be sent with
out a commissioned officer, who will be
fully instructed by his poßt commander.
“The troops will be considered as in
Ihe field, and supplied with the necessa
ry camp equipage; the men to be fur
nished with common fenis if (practicable,
and if not practicable, with shelter tents!
Commanding officers ore poimitted to
hire quarters, temporarily, when it can
tie done for reasonable rates; but this
will not preclude the necessity of carry
ing tents, as the commands, in nil cases,
"Hist be in readiness to move at the
shortest notice, with all supplies required
for their efficiency.
“District Commanders will instruct
post commander* in their duties, and the
relative position id' the civil *ad milita
ry powers. They will impress on post
commanders tlmt they are to act in aid
and co-operation, and in subordination
to the civil authorities; that they are to
exercise discretion and judgrn .lit, unbi
ased by political or other prejudices;
that their object should he exclusively
to preserve the peace and uphold law
and order, and they must ho satisfied
such is the object of the civil officer call
ing on them for aid; that they must, in
all -cases where time will peunit, apply
for instruction to.superior authority, but
tiny most at all hazards preserve the
peace, and not to be restrained by tech
nical (mints, when, in their conseiencioua
judgment under the rules above set forth,
it is llioir duty to fact.
dei s, on being notified of the proposed
holding of political meetings, may send
an ifficfr, and if necessary a detach
ment, to vatch the proceedings and see
that the peace is preserved.
“To the people of the several State*
composing the Department, ilie -Major
General Commanding appeal* that they
wdl co-operate with him and the civil
authorities in sustaining ]« w and order,
in preset ving the peace and in avoiding
those scent sos riot end bloodshed, and
the Wanton destruction of property and
I so, which has already, in some install
cos, been enacted iu the Department. —-
fie urges abstinence from all inflamma
tory and incendiary appeals to the pas
sions; di. countenancing the keeping open
of liquor shops on political meet
ing* and of election; the abstaining from
on crying arms, and assort the individual
right of construing laws by force of
urn*. No just cause is ever advanced
ny resoit to violence, I-iet there be char
ity snd forbearance among political op
ponents, whatever may be the result;
let each good citizen determine that alt
who, under the law, have the right to
the ballot shall exercise it undisturbed.
If there are disputed point* of laws, lei
them be referred to tbe courts, and let
n >t mobs or political clubs, or other irre
'P nsibki bodies, construe and under
take to'execute, the law. This appeal is
made in the earnest hope that the Major
Gi iirml Commanding can rely on tha
good sense and correct judgment of the
mass of the people, and'that he will not
j be compelled to resort to the exercise of
t ie power in which lie is entrusted, and
| which he will most reluctantly employ,
jispt he thinks it is his duty to inakn
| known, that go fur as the power under
I hi* command will admit, he will not per
j mit the peaco to be broken, and that he
j will not be lestruined iu the eevtscioa
j lk>m discharge of his duty by technical
j -Dos of laws made when the present »n
--i ornaious coodibon of affair* were net
■ ther anticipated or provided for.
l-y order Major General Meade:
R- C. Dura, A. A. Q,
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